Distance: 1.6 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 695m to 733m. Gain: 72m. Loss: 54m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A short 1.5km walk along the graveled road links the Black Birch track to the start of the Lawrence track. Note: A sidetrack cutting up onto the ridgeline 500m south of the Black Birch roadend no longer exists,

The road is open to vehicular traffic, but was blocked to vehicles by a slip 500m from the southern end when I visited (2011).